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The Lady Cobras upset the Lady Bears with a 43-37 win Friday night.  The Wesson Cobras outplayed the West Lincoln Bears with a big win of 71-45. To read the rest of the Cobras story, see the Copiah County Courier, on sale throughout  Copiah County.

Two of Mississippi’s four-year universities will be getting one of the best fastpitch softball players in the state each after two Copiah Academy lady Colonels signed early offers last week. To see the rest of this story, see the Copiah County Courier, on sale throughout Copiah County.

BY JOE B. COATES Investigators from the Copiah County Sheriff’s Office have made an arrest that solved a home burglary over the past few days. For more information about this story, see the Copiah County Courier, on sale throughout Copiah County.

Pastors of several local churches met Wednesday of last week to discuss the annual community wide Thanksgiving worship service, scheduled for November 23 at 6 p.m. at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church and hosted by Rev. Martin Washington. Rev. Anna Fleming-Jones of Hazlehurst United Methodist Church is the featured speaker. The pastors also discussed the annual…

With the national observance of Veterans Day on Nov. 11, American Legionnaires and American Legion Auxiliary members attended area meetings and programs. Wesson’s Drane Prine Post #79 was well represented at the annual Veterans breakfast held at Wesson Attendance Center, followed by a program in the gymnasium presented by the students honoring the veterans. Charles…

Macey Granger, Miss Copiah County 2014, will be a contestant in the statewide Miss Magnolia State Pageant finals at the Vicksburg City Auditorium in Vicksburg, Nov. 22-23. Miss Granger is the 18-year-old daughter of Chris and Amanda Granger of Wesson. She is a 2014 graduate of Wesson Attendance Center and is now a Freshman at…